From: "Berman, Ken" <Ken.Berman-AT-AIG.com>
Subject: RE: PUPT: Schneckenburger
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 11:33:01 -0500


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If I understand you correctly, you offering to send the 20 page program to
anyone who is interested in having it?  I would be interested, I will pay
for postage. etc.  If this is what you are intending, should I send you my
address?

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Ray DaSilva [SMTP:dasilva-AT-puppetbooks.co.uk]
> Sent:	Thursday, December 09, 1999 2:57 PM
> To:	puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
> Subject:	PUPT: Schneckenburger
> 
> 31 January 1902 is correct date of Schneckenburger's birth.
> He appeared in the 1963 International Colwyn Bay Festival with his
> 'cabaret' ; puzzling but wonderful.  Jan Bussell describes his meeting
> with him and a performance in his book "Through Wooden Eyes"
> The best information on this surrealist is in  "Fred Schneckenburgers
> Puppen Cabaret" by Hana Ribi, Zurich 1991.  I have a (free) spare copy of
> his programme,a 20 page booklet with 8 b/w photos,in German with English
> insert if anybody would find it useful. There was an excellent article on
> him in English in "Occident" January 1948, with many coloured photos of
> his earlier work.  Very Kleeish.
>  
> Rene Baker and I went through the Sophie question when we were preparing
> the Fettig book and also found various spellings.  I got it on good
> authority (Gustav Gysin of Basel) that the lady herself preferred the
> umlaut.
>  
> On the spelling of Swiss names, there are no accents on Therese Keller's
> name.  Jan Bussell got it wrong in the above book and so did Jurkowski  in
> his recent European History. 
>  
> Ray DaSilva
> 63 Kennedy Road, Bicester
> Oxfordshire OX6 8BE  UK  
> Tel/Fax +44 (0)1869 245 793
> Web site <http://www.puppetbooks.co.uk>

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If I understand you correctly, you offering to send the 20 page program to anyone who is interested in having it?  I would be interested, I will pay for postage. etc.  If this is what you are intending, should I send you my address?

-----Original Message-----
From:   Ray DaSilva [SMTP:dasilva-AT-puppetbooks.co.uk]
Sent:   Thursday, December 09, 1999 2:57 PM
To:     puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
Subject:        PUPT: Schneckenburger

31 January 1902 is correct date of Schneckenburger's birth.
He appeared in the 1963 International Colwyn Bay Festival with his 'cabaret'=A0; puzzling but wonderful.=A0 Jan Bussell describes his meeting with him and a performance in his book "Through Wooden Eyes"

The best information on this surrealist is in=A0 "Fred Schneckenburgers Puppen Cabaret" by Hana Ribi, Zurich 1991.=A0 I have a (free) spare copy of his programme,a 20 page booklet with 8 b/w photos,in German with English insert if anybody would find it useful.=A0There was an excellent article on him in English in "Occident" January 1948, with many coloured photos of his earlier work.=A0 Very Kleeish.

=A0
Rene Baker and I went through the Sophie question when we were preparing the Fettig book and=A0also found various spellings.=A0 I got it on good authority (Gustav Gysin of Basel)=A0that=A0the lady herself preferred the umlaut.

=A0
On the spelling of Swiss names, there are no accents on Therese Keller's name.=A0 Jan Bussell got it wrong in the above book and so did Jurkowski=A0 in his recent European History.=A0

=A0
Ray DaSilva
63 Kennedy Road, Bicester
Oxfordshire OX6 8BE=A0 UK=A0
Tel/Fax +44 (0)1869 245 793
Web site <http://www.puppetbooks.co.uk>